Diversity in executive roles in the medical device industry is trending more toward parity, with women holding 2% more C-suite roles in 2020 compared to last year. Just 20% of executives at the 100 largest medical device companies in the world are women, and those companies average 19% female composition in the C-suite, according to […]
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Smith+Nephew is taking the road less traveled with its ortho surgical robotics
British medtech giant Smith+Nephew chose a different path in the ortho surgical robotics space. One of its top robotics program leaders explains how it could make all the difference. Faster, smaller and more accessible — those are the three descriptors that Sara Schneider uses to describe Smith+Nephew’s Cori robotic knee surgery system, which launched over […]
How Medtronic’s new diversity leader wants to make the company even better
Dr. Sally Saba joined Medtronic in March after leading a transformation at a major healthcare provider. Sally Saba knows what it’s like to be unwanted because of her gender. Saba’s mother rejected her at birth because she wasn’t a boy, leaving her to live with relatives in Egypt. When her caregiver decided to marry, she […]
AI could boost Edwards’ critical care business
Critical care comprises nearly 20% of Edwards’ revenue. Its continued growth is connected to the prominence of the company’s heart valve business. Katie Szyman spent 23 years at Medtronic, a giant in the Medtech industry, but a patient-focused outlook became a driving force behind a change for her. Wanting to work for a California-based company […]
How Stryker’s Naomi Murray views 3D printing, women in medtech
After 18 years in the industry, Murray says women still need to ruffle some feathers. Math and science fascinated Naomi Murray from a young age. Around her junior year in high school, she began to notice that she was one of — if not the only — girl in her math classes. “[When I was […]
BioAffinity Technologies CEO Maria Zannes talks cancer detection, women in medtech
Maria Zannes and her company BioAffinity Technologies are seeking to up the game on lung cancer detection. Here’s how. Maria Zannes’ path to a leading role in the medtech field wasn’t quite a conventional one. The one-time aspiring journalist carved out a role on Capitol Hill, first as an aide, then as a lobbyist, plus […]
10 medical device industry stories you need to know
From leadership changes to tax repeal to robots — lots of robots — this was a busy year for the medical device industry. Here are 10 stories in the medtech space that especially caught the eye of MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing editors and readers in 2019. Next>>
Diversity in medtech is up: This top West executive has seen it
Medtech isn’t the male-dominated field it was decades ago and Karen Flynn, chief commercial officer at West Pharmaceutical Services, is here to tell you about it. Karen Flynn’s 35-year career in healthcare saw her rise through Cardinal Health and spinoff Catalent Pharma Solutions before joining West Pharmaceutical Services in 2008. Flynn has been West’s chief […]
Insights from Cathy Burzik’s 40 years in the healthcare industry
From the early days of software development to personalized cell and gene therapies, Cathy Burzik has witnessed a lot of technological evolution over the course of her 40-year career in the healthcare industry. She sat down with DeviceTalks’ former program manager Sarah Faulkner for an interview at AdvaMed’s The MedTech Conference this year, where she […]
Navigating the constantly choppy waters of medical device regulation
Regulations at the FDA and in the European Union are in constant flux, and that’s not even mentioning Brexit. Here’s how one regulatory expert keeps ahead of the changes. The regulatory space for medical devices is always evolving. Manufacturers have to keep up not only with FDA regulations, but other countries’ rules not to […]
Diversity in medtech: Just 18% of executive roles held by women
Just 18% of the executives at the 100 largest medical device companies are women, and those companies average only 15% female composition in the C suite, according to an analysis of Medical Design & Outsourcing’s annual Big 100. Of the 969 leadership roles in the companies on our list, only 172 are held by women, for an […]
